Dear Israeli people,
Lately I read some articles about the situation of Israeli economy, about cutting supplies off, about complaints towards the current government etc.
I commented in some of these articles but I thought it will be better to publish an article posting my thoughts and ideas.

First of all, I want to inform the people that I’m the Minister of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and NOT the Minister of Finance (MoF).
Also, I want to testify that I’m NOT blind supporter of ANY government, or ANY Country President but i have to admit that meow2 is trying really hard to fix these problems. You know me very well, I helped with my experience and my knowledge EVERY government that asked for my help in different governmental positions (I served as MoD, MoFA, MoF).
I wish and I want ALL military Units of Israel to be able to receive supplies from the state and I DON’T have ANY problem with ANY military Unit of Israel.

Also, ALL the numbers below are from the reports of previous Minister of Finance RuviG (personally as MoFA I don’t have access to government’s economy and treasury documents), so correct me if I am wrong to any of the numbers below.

The national treasury org (we donate NIS from country accounts to this national org via congress proposals): http://www.erepublik.com/en/economy/citizen-accounts/1298037
This national org is used to buy supplies for our soldiers, buy food for new players and other expenses. (Game mechanics don’t allow buying weapons, food, supplies directly from country accounts (NIS inside country accounts are used ONLY for mpps).

Let’s see our incomes:

-Taxes: According to RuviG’s reports, Israel’s incomes from taxes (average) are 1000 NIS per day. So that means that Israeli state earns 30000 NIS from taxes per month!

-Congress medals (5 gold): Even if ALL Knesset members (maximum 40 Knesset members) donate their medal (5 gold) the state will earn 200 gold. With the current price of gold (right now in monetary market 1 gold = 490 NIS) the Israel state will earn 200*490 = 98000 NIS.

So our monthly incomes are 30000 + 98000= 128000 NIS

Let’s see our expenses:

-Every month Israel to be safe needs to sign or renew mpps with allied country. In my opinion ( I think no one will disagree to this), Israel needs AT LEAST 6 mpps with some major EDEN countries (for example, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Argentina, China) and 3 more mpps with other major allied countries (for example USA, Brazil, Russia). So Israel needs 9 mpps. Every mpp costs 10000 NIS, so basically we need to spend 90000 NIS for mpps PER MONTH.

Samson and IDF cost of supplies is 38688 NIS PER WEEK. That means 38688*4(4 weeks per month) = 154752 NIS PER MONTH!!!!
We have 38000 NIS per month for spending but we are spending 154752 NIS per month!!!

So, if we want to keep the current supply system to Samson and IDF we need 116752 NIS more per month!!You don’t need to be a professor in mathematics to realize that in this way Israel will lead to bankruptcy.

My proposals:

Right now, with the current status quo of the area, all our neighbors, except Saudi Arabia, are allies.
Greece, Turkey and Cyprus are allies. So basically right now we don’t have the possibility (and the military strength) to demand or occupy more bonuses. Our maximum bonuses right now is our original regions + colonies of Al Jawf (aluminum) and N.Borders (grain).

-I propose for a while, (at least until the economy module is fixed or the gold price in monetary market rises) to CUT ALL the supplies off for Samson AND IDF.
At least, we can cut off the supplies of weapons and keep only the supply of food (food is cheaper).

-Supplies of food and weapons ONLY when we have hard resistance wars in our colonies.

-I propose to lower the import taxes to EVERY product (EXCEPT moving tickets) to 1%

-I propose ALL israeli people to buy from Israeli market even if israeli market is more expensive than other markets.

-I propose ALL the Knesset members to donate their medals to the state.

You are free to disagree and discuss any of my proposals and ideas.
Give me your ideas.

@Leon
We need some mpps, because sometimes we loose 1 region by resistance forces of Saudi, so we need some small help to NE battle against them.
Also, as allies (when we dont have hard resistance wars) we need to help our allies.

dont sign MPP with your ally, until you or they need this help so much.

for ex, cyprus doesn't have hard wars, also you dont have too. so you dont need this help and mpp ATM. Israel and Cyprus can open supply with this 10.000 cc when you need help. if you really need this mpp, u can sign in 1 day.

About taxes - I have already said several times - to download import tax to 1% in all products
When the Israeli market will be cheaper as the rest of the world it will be a lot more buying and selling on the Israeli market = more taxes to the state

About supply - this is my opinion

I know that there are financial difficulties lately, I've been following the financial position of Israel all the time

Is this "I propose ALL israeli people to buy from Israeli market even if israeli market is more expensive than other markets" a joke?

This goes completely against the laws of the market. Its funny because if i bought more expensive products inside israel and then i will try to sale my own products on israel market (but as you already say) the import taxes will be 1%, so any other country vendor will beat my offer and it will be impossible for me make profit!

I propose that ALL THE RESISTANCE HERO medals that are won by the force obtained with the eidf soldiers MUST be donated, because they are earning a medal and 5 golds, thanks to the orders that themselves choose, to make a whole army to supports them.

The state has no obligation to provide private MU's of any supplies at first hand. Hence the National Army where the state offers everybody and anyone with Israeli nationality a place.

Although it only benefits Israel if all Military Units make damage for the country and receives food and weps in return, it makes nothing else than sense that during a financial crisis she returns to her core business.
Supplying her National Army.

@Angie Varona
With my phrase "I propose ALL israeli people to buy from Israeli market even if israeli market is more expensive than other markets" i mean at least the israeli people to buy from israeli market the products they need!!
For example, if i need 100 foods or 10 weapons to fight..i will buy them from the israeli market so the state can gather some taxes.
I dont see the israeli market as a chance to make profit (and you as israeli you shouldnt either).

@Angie Varona
Also, right now when Israel cannot afford to pay even its mpps...personally i dont care if individualy some people are able to make profit.
For months the state was "feeding" many people...right now israeli state cant do that anymore.

In stead of supplying your armed forces for free, let them all work for it in communes. State pays for the raws, get all the weaps produced by the workers, en supply them like 5 Q7 a day. The rest can be sold to pay for the raws.

This is an extremely informative and important read. I will always be a firm proponent of the National Army over private MU's, and a simple factoid is that Samson makes up of 1/5 our entire population. Do you know how draining that is on the national economy? It is an unauthorized, independent, private MU. The state should never have funded it in the first place. They want to be separate, independent, privatized, apart from the National Army, yet cry when denied its perks. What absurdity!

What it comes down to, however, is the continued preservation and long-term success of the eIsrael state. If my unit has to fight with flowers instead of rifles for a little while, so be it. Limit us to food alone. We'll persevere and come out stronger in the future.

If u want to balance your economis, there are two ways u can do it, which work simultaneously.

1. Cut the expenses
2. Increase the income

To increase the income, u can adjust the tax system, mainly to take advantage of the bot. U can also invest in the monetary market.

To cut the expenses, u should discuss a solution with EDEN to fund the MPPs and cut the weekly fees ( i remember 1 year ago it was 20.000+ cc per week for eGreece) plus another 10.000 for EMC! The allies should help

i agree with leon .. you guys dont need no mpps at all... you need to give saudi arabia back their land.... besides even with the mpps you have what will happen next turkey attacks you again your own ally ? then you do nothing about it? nobody needs israel's help ...

@Jhon, dont take it personal. Im just saying that i dont think that only for the military module, all the eIsrael players need to suffer. Even those that only want to play other modules and they dont care to fight (is not my case)

And vlad explained perfectly my idea of the RH medals. If somebody wins a RH medal thanks to the soldiers of the eIDF that fought on that region because those where the orders, i think that the gold of that medal must be donated to eIsrael.

@Angie
Unfortunately, the military module affects the other modules a lot.Without someone's fights , Israel will not have the bonuses..so the economy module is connected to the military module.
But even if someone doesnt want to focus into military module...so i suppose he hasnt any problem by cutting his supplies off.

About the resistance hero medal..yes i agree with you..But this didnt happen a lot of times.We liberated by purpose 2 times a colony for the missions.

Good article, John. I agree with you. At least, the government can give food to military units.

For me, I never request supplies because I don't need them. I make my own. The supplies out there should be for new or needy players and we need to pressure them to save gold and NIS for economic development first, which is upgrading training grounds (esp. Q1), and developing their food and weapon industries.

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